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my voice? that is huge for parents and for kids who are going back to school and pfizer is hopeful the vaccine will be available very soon. we intend to submit the data by the end of the month and then, of course, it will be up to the fda to review that data and determine whether the screen can be released for broad use. we hope that that will go expeditiously. and this pfizer news comes amid new questions about booster shots. remember, it was this week the biden administration said they would start giving boosters to everyone, but now an fda panel has put the brakes on that idea and the question now is what do we do next? i want to dig deeper into all of this and bring in cnbc s senior health and science reporter meg tirrell, nbc s gabe gutierrez in spokane, washington, and dr. kavita patel former policy director of the obama white house. meg, give us the school on the pfizer vaccine. you can hear how excited i am. what is the timeline for when we can actually get ....
it comes at a critical moment where covid cases among the youngest and most vulnerable are soaring nationwide. doctors treating kids sick with covid reflecting on this point in the pandemic. it s scary. it s sad. and it s exhausting. it s sad that some in society have not prioritized children. i thought that was a place where we could all come together. we start with this huge news from pfizer. what it could mean in the fight against the pandemic. gabe gutierrez has been following the pfizer announcement for us. he s outside a hospital in spokane washington where hospitals are turning away patients from neighboring idaho. and cases continue to rise among children. and i also want to bring in dr. derek cast. he s an emergency medical physician. doctor, always good to have you. gabe, let s start with you. pfizer says the data shows the vaccine is safe and effective for children between 5 and 11. what more have we learned? hey there, craig. yes, as you said, this is ....
unanimously rejected the president s announcement that boosters would be approved by today for the general population. it s a tough time for president biden on other fronts. his entire domestic agenda is in jeopardy as time is running out for a deeply divided congress to pass his mega infrastructure bill. while overseas france is furious over being blind sided by the u.s. on that $60 billion submarine contract. and all the nato allies are burning from the messy withdrawal from afghanistan. the pentagon having to admit instead of isis bombers its drone strike in kabul killed ten civilians including seven children and an aid worker for a u.s. charity. a new crisis at the border with 15,000 stranded haitians living under a bridge between texas and mexico. we begin with the pfizer trial and nbc s gabe gutierrez residence in spokane, washington. this is very promising news for families, but the current covid crisis inside hospitals out where you are is intensifying. re ....
children, perhaps close to halloween. next steps, pfizer and its partner, biontech, will apply to the fda in coming days to get their vaccine authorized for use in children. the new york times underscoring the urgent need for a safe and effective vaccine for kids asap writing this, quote, children now account for one in five new cases, when the highly contagious delta variant has sent more children into hospitals and icus in the past few weeks than at any time other time in the pandemic. it s coming at a complicated moment for kids in schools with classrooms all across this country shutting down or having to revert once again to remote learning just days or weeks into the new school year. doctors in alaska, idaho, and montana are facing what the washington post describes as agonizing ethical questions, forced to ration care for some of its sickest patients as hospitals surpass capacity due to covid surges. the state of alabama revealing their grimmest of statistics, ....
well as the other agencies taking part in this search ended the search for the evening. we ll have to wait and see what time it picks up tomorrow but this comes after fbi officials gave us new details just within the last hour what you laid out there, pamela. that the one piece of news that so many people were hoping would turn out differently. let s let you listen to part of the press conference. as every parent can imagine, this is an incredibly difficult time for the family and friends. our thoughts and prayers are with them. we ask that you all respect the privacy as they mourn the loss of their daughter. reporter: and also this evening, northport police taken the lead over the search here tweeting out saddened and heart broken to learn that gabby is found deceased. the focus with the fbi and national partners has been to bring her home. we will continue to work with the fbi in the search for more answers. i can tell you there is certainly a desire to get more a ....